Bottle-washing apparatus.



"J. S. McDANlEL.

BOTTLE WASHING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29: I916.

Patented Feb. 27,1917.

JOSHUA S. MCDANIEL, OF WICHITA FALLS,

BOTTLE-WASHING APPARATUS. I

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 2'7, 1917.

Application filed April 29, 1916. Serial No. 94,311.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSHUA S. MODANIEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wichita Falls, in the county of lVichita and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-l Vashing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bottle washing out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application.

Figure l is a side elevation of the bottle washing machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical longi tudinal section of the same. Fig. 8 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the bottle carrier.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

This machine is provided with a tank 1 and this tank is divided into compartments A and B by a partition formed of two parts 2 and 3 which are spaced apart and form an air tight space 4.- to prevent heat from passing from the compartment B to compartment A. A hot caustic solution is to be placed in the compartment B for soaking the bottles. Fresh water is to be placed in compartment A for rinsing the bottles. Means are provided for placing the bottles in the compartment B A consisting of hanger or bottle carrier 5. A bar 6 with a hole therethrough for an attaching rope or cable secured to the top of the carrier 5. A rope or cable 7 is attached to the carrier and run over a pulley 8 which is suspended from a beam 9 which is supported by an upright 10. The carrier 5 can be let down into and raised out of the hot solution as often as desirable and more than one carrier can be used if necessary. When the carrier 5 is let down into the hot solution in compartment B, the bottles Wlll'bG filled with the solution.

Means are provided for emptying the bot tles of the hot solution and dumping the bottles into the fresh water compartment. The hanger or carrier5 is drawn toward the partition and the bottle months will bear against the partition 2 when the hanger or carrier is brought into position to be elevated and thus be held within the carrier. A tilting bar 11 is provided for tilting the empty the hot solution therefrom. As the carrier is raised, the mouths ofthe top layer of bottles will strike the bar 11 and be brought to the position illustrated in Fig. 2. The bar 11 is pivotally connected to bars 12 and 18 by vertical pivots and the bar 13 has a handle 20 for swinging the bars 11, 12, and 13 in a horizontal plane on their pivotal connec't'ions. Bars 14 are attached to the upper edges of the tank 1 by means of bars or blocks 15 which are attached to the sides of the tank. The bars 12 and 13 are pivotally connected to the bars 1 1 by vertical pivots 21 and the bars 12 and 13 will swing on the pivots 21 as centers. By themeans thus described the bar 11 can be'swung back over the partition 2 so that the mouths of the top layer of bottles can pass above the bar 11. The bar 11 is then swung back under the mouths of the bottles to catch the next layer of bottles. When the carrier is next raised, the second layer of bottles will be tilted in the same manner, as shown in Fig. 2-. The tilting of the second row or layer of bottles will make the second layer throw the first layer over the partition 2 and onto the chute or slide 16 so that the bottles will go mouth down into the fresh water in the compartment A. This operation is repeated until all the bottles are emptied. The carrier 5 has a rack 17 on which the bottom layer of bottles is placed. The each other until the carrier is full. 18 may he formed on the bottom of the can rier 5 for aiding in lifting the carrier The float will contain nothing but air, itbeing an airtight closure.

Various changes in the sizes, proportions, and arrangements of the several parts may be made Without departing from my invention. The devices shown have been used to Wash what are commonly called soda bottles are then stacked upon A float bottles to water bottles, but it is apparent that the devices can be used for washing other bottles, or vessels, such as milk bottles.

W hat I claim is,

1. A bottle washing apparatus comprising a tank having a soaking compartment and fresh water compartment, devices for immersing bottles in said soaking compartment, means for elevating the immersing devices, and a shiftable bar cooperating with said immersing devices for tilting the bottles for emptying the same and for dumping the bottles into said fresh water compartment.

2. A bottle washing apparatus ccmprisin a tank having a fresh water compartment and a solution compartment, a partition be tween said compartments for preventing heat from passing from one compartment to the other, a carrier having one side open and adapted to receive superposed rows of bottles with their mouth ends projecting from said open side, means for suspending and vertlcally moving said carrier in the solution compartment, and a bar positioned in the path of said vertical movement to tilt a row of bottles in such movement, and shiftable out of such position to permit the passage of said row above the bar, whereby successive rows of bottles may be first tilted to empty their contents into the solution compartment and then tilted to discharge the bottles into the fresh water compartment.

3. A bottle washing apparatus comprising a tank having a water compartment and a solution compartment, a carrier having provision for holding superposed layers of hottles, means for lowering and raising said carrier into and out of said solution, and a shiftable bar cooperating with the carrier Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the bar cooperating with said carrier for tilting the bottles for emptying their contents into the solution comparti'nent and for dumping the bottles into said fresh water compartment.

5. A bottle washing apparatus comprising P a tank having a partition dividing said tank into fresh water and hot caustic solution compartments, a chute leading from said partition into the fresh Water compartment, a carrier holding superposed layers of hottles with their mouth ends projecting from one side thereof and said partition cooper-- ating with said carrier to prevent displacement of the bottles, means for lowering and raising said carrier into and out of said soluticn compartment, and a shifting bar pivotally connected with said tank for cooperating with said carrier to tilt the bottles to be empted.

In testimony whereof, I set my hand this 20th day of April, 1916.

JOSHUA S. MODANIEL.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

